Evidence that metallic proxies are unsuitable for assessing the mechanics of microwear formation and a new theory of the meaning of microwear

Mammalian tooth wear research reveals contrasting patterns seemingly linked to diet: irregularly pitted enamel surfaces, possibly from consuming hard seeds, versus roughly aligned linearly grooved surfaces, associated with eating tough leaves. These patterns are important for assigning diet to fossi...

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Autores principales: van Casteren, Adam, Lucas, Peter W., Strait, David S., Michael, Shaji, Bierwisch, Nick, Schwarzer, Norbert, Al-Fadhalah, Khaled J., Almusallam, Abdulwahab S., Thai, Lidia A., Saji, Sreeja, Shekeban, Ali, Swain, Michael V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
Materias:
Biology (Whole Organism)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171699

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5990759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29892367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171699

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